“The thing about hitting bottom is that, in the middle of it, sometimes you don’t know if you’re really hitting bottom or… — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“What spares us is memory,” he said. “It’s what makes us worth saving. However low we sink, whatever promise we no longer… — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we do terrible things to the ones we love just to see what harm we can cause.” — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“Anita Kleinman was a slight woman in her seventies. Her hair was thinning and white with a touch of pink, and was… — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“Every American autobiography, someone once said, is about one thing—escape. Look into the frightened heart of an American life, and you’ll find… — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“Nico’s hair was combed straight up, stiff with mousse, the tips dyed the color of traffic cones.” — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“If they’re together long enough, every couple has one conversation over and over. This was ours.” — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“No single act is entirely redemptive, but all a fallen man has is the first step back.” — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“Take a seat, Charlie,” he said. “I’ll kill you in a few minutes. It’ll be good for you.” — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“At first, he talked about the flowers in the garden behind his country house in Surrey. His voice still had its Midlands… — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“People are complicated,” she said. “Didn’t they teach you that in biography school?” — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“Aren’t autobiographies born in a question we ask ourselves: how did I get to this point? Don’t we look back over the… — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“The problem with escaping is that we leave behind us, even among those we love, different versions of the truth and everything… — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“Seth lay on a sofa. His large dirty work boots were defiantly planted on the sofa cushion, all his energy focused on… — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“There’s an old adage: the sensation of drowning reminds you of everything you ever knew about swimming.” — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, however much you plan, however many precautions you take, something happens, and in a minute the world is changed. After that,… — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“Of course, when you fall out of love, it’s rarely about just one failure or one betrayal, is it? . . .… — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“I lived that year on top of a wooden tower in an area east of Santa Rosa known as the Valley of… — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“As the chapters took shape, a change came over her. It was the double-sided recognition that this book, the last that she… — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“The sun had already set behind the mountains, and the sky had been drained of color. The trellises of sauvignon blanc flowed… — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“In March of that year, I saw a man named Paul Barkley shot to death. It happened late at night in the… — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“Do you know what the essential problem of the piano is?” he asked. He held me so his head was a few… — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“Over the years, Skye sampled every drug she could find, and like many addicts, had a working knowledge of pharmacology. She snorted… — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
“But, whatever the magic, I wasn’t smarter than chemistry, and after a while, I heard two people talking in the empty room… — Frederick Weisel Copy Share Image
